15th Annual Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

Like It Is

With in person.

Fri, May 28 @ 8:15 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Director

Paul Oremland

Year

1998

Run Time

90

min

Country

UK

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

90

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

A young, bare-knuckle boxer Craig moves from Blackpool to London, where he falls for a twenty-something music producer, Matt. Trouble ensues when shy, awkward Craig tries squeezing into Matt’s glib lifestyle and Matt’s scheming boss tries to break up the couple.

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

Set in the nightclub scene of London's Soho and the working-class neighborhood of Blackpool, Like It Is offers a fast-paced, gritty look at modern urban gay life. Craig, a scrappy, bare-knuckled fighter from Blackpool who is struggling with his sexual identity, meets Matt, an ambitious young record promoter, outside a gay nightclub. Even though their one-night stand goes awry, Craig eventually shows up on Matt's doorstep. Kelvin, the charming but sleazy record company owner (played impressively by Roger Daltrey of the Who), acts as Matt's mentor, whose role in his life seems to get more and more complicated. While dealing with their own demons, Matt and Craig, form a relationship that drastically changes both their lives.

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